Arguments that count: physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012

by Slayton, Rebecca

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Title Statements

Full title :Arguments that count : physics, computing, and missile defense, 1949-2012 / Rebecca Slayton.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):The MIT Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 325 pages :) : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780262019446, 0262019442
oclc:on1340050843
LC Classification:UA22
Dewey Decimal:358.1/740973

Software and the race against surprise attack -- Framing an "appallingly complex" system -- Complexity and the "art or evolving science" of software -- "No technological solution" -- What crisis? Software in the "safeguard" debate -- The politics of complex technology -- The political economy of software engineering -- Nature and technology in the Star Wars debate -- Conclusion : complexity unbound.

Subjects

Ballistic missile defenses Ballistic missile defenses -- History. … Computer science -- Political aspects -… Computer scientists -- Political activi… History Military policy National security National security -- History -- 20th ce… National security -- History -- 21st ce… Physicists -- Political activity Physicists -- Political activity -- Uni… Physics -- Political aspects -- United … Software engineering -- Political aspec… Technological complexity -- Political a… United States United States -- Military policy